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MAPHEUS successfully launched from Esrange Space Centre

Today at noon the two stage sounding rocket MAPHEUS-2 was successfully launched from SSC's launch facility at Esrange Space Centre. The rocket reached an altitude of 153,5 km and offered 3 minutes and 40 seconds of microgravity. The recovery of the payload is ongoing and it will be back at the base within less than half an hour.
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On Monday October 19, people involved in the MAPHEUS-2 campaign arrived to Esrange Space Centre. MAPEHUS is a German sounding rocket programme for experiments in microgravity led by the German space organisation DLR.
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A US Nike/improved Orion rocket with the German MAPHEUS-2 is scheduled to be launched from the Esrange Space Centre, Sweden in October, 2010.
The payload will carry out experiments in microgravity in Suborbital flight.
The MAPHEUS-1 was successfully launched from Esrange Space Centre on the 22nd May, 2009 at 12.32 (LT).



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